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Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias was the first major statewide candidate in Illinois history to support gay marriage publicly. He enthusiastically backs comprehensive immigration reform.

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With Republicans set to make big gains in the U.S. House this November,
Democrats need to win a handful of open seats if they have any hope of
maintaining their majority. Illinois' 10th Congressional District will
be a key seat in that battle. We sat down with the Democratic nominee Dan Seals and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) to talk politics and the importance of a win along the North Shore.

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Sen. Bill Brady's campaign caught a considerable amount of flack yesterday for replacing
factual policy positions on its candidate's Wikipedia page with a
series of canned talking points. Unfortunately, it seems the online
encyclopedia isn't the only website the Brady campaign is scrubbing.
And this new allegation is far more serious.

A couple of weeks ago, we noted that National Stonewall Democrats, an organization dedicated to
electing pro-LGBT candidates to office, had highlighted 30 of their favorite federal candidates from across the country and was asking supporters to whittle that list down to twelve. These final picks would then receive on-the-ground organizing support from the group. Today, they announced the results and U.S.

The National Stonewall Democrats, an organization dedicated to
electing pro-LGBT candidates to office, has a new website up highlighting 30 federal candidates from across the country who stand out on issues of equality. Among them is Democratic U.S.

On WFLD's Fox Chicago Sunday this past weekend, Rep. Luis Gutierrez once again exhibited his disdain for White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. When asked about the Obama adminstration's lack of action on immigration reform, Gutierrez said: "I don't think that Rahm Emanuel is a positive influence on the immigration debate. I don't think he sees it as a core value of the Democratic Party or a necessity that the American people need to be active on." Watch it: